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Effect of Insulin upon Blood Sugar Concentration

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THE injection of insulin into rabbits causes the blood sugar concentration to be lowered, as determined by micro methods. When a certain concentration is reached, 0.05 per cent. by Bang's method, the animal goes into convulsions. If the animal is then killed and the sugar extracted from a large quantity of blood, it is found that it is without copper-reducing value as determined by the Wood - Ost method. This method is not liable to estimate substances in blood other than reducing sugars.

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    L. B. WINTER & W. SMITH

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WINTER, L., SMITH, W. Effect of Insulin upon Blood Sugar Concentration. Nature 111, 810–811 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111810c0

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